Week 9 (May 13-17)
M (B) Review and plan for in-class essay on A Midsummer Night’s Dream (traditional argument)
Appeteaser:
Prompt: Why does William Shakespeare title his play A Midsummer Night's Dream? What is dreamlike about this story and its characters? What is the playwright saying about dreams?
Brainstorm: What or who is a dream, or dream-like in this play?
Thesis: Shakespeare calls the play a Midsummer Night's Dream to show ... what?
Work in groups to find evidence related to the theme of dreams as you define it.
HW: Begin locating evidence for in-class essay; update reports for student learning teams
T (C) 6A: Student Learning Teams; creating a thesis and organizing an essay
HW: Wordskills, Unit 6, pp. 70-78
W (D) 6A: Creating a thesis and organizing an essay; 6B: Student Learning Teams
HW: Study for quiz: Vocabulary, Unit 6
Th (E) Vocabulary Quiz: Unit 6
HW: Prepare for in-class essay on MND
F (F) In-class essay on MND
HW: Independent Reading
Review the independent reading you have done this year (August to May). What do the books you have read have in common? What do they tell you about the kinds of books you tend to gravitate toward? What kinds of books do you tend to stay away from?
With these things in mind, create a list of books you would like to read for the summer. In this list, include at least one book that would be a challenge for you. Say what that challenge is and how it will help you grow.
Post your completed blog on YOUR BLOG at Edublogs. Thanks! Tags: Summer Reading, Summer Reading Challenge, reading
HW: Complete blog post on Independent Reading Challenge as needed; prepare for self-review essay (start gathering artifacts from your learning to comment on in your blog post; scan as images or photograph them for uploading)
T (B) Blogging, Round 4: Self-Review essay (Artifacts of Learning)
Prompt:
Choose three artifacts that best represent your learning in Language Arts this year. Scan or photograph the artifact, and upload it as an image for your blog post. Use your artifacts to consider how far you have come and what you have learned since last August; each artifact should act as a point of reference, a touchstone if you will, in order to describe your big learning moments. Keep in mind that leaning sometimes comes from the work you are proudest of, and sometimes it comes from your mistakes. Use this blog post to recap all you have learned and to consider your growth in Language Arts overall.
Post your completed blog on YOUR BLOG at Edublogs. Thanks!
Tags: Self-review, Artifacts of Learning, Reflection
HW: Post completed Quarterly Reports on team wiki Guidelines for Quarterly Reports I. Goals -- original goals, specific Q4 goals 2. Accomplishments -- brief overview of Q3 accomplishments; focus on details of Q4 accomplishments; include demonstrations, artifacts, documentation 3. Obstacles and Solutions -- list all; focus on one in detail 4. What you learned (this should be lengthy and detailed) Include artifacts if you can! Always a good idea!
W (C) 6A: Student Learning Teams Quarterly Reports, Open topic blog; 6B: Open topic blog
HW: Complete Self-Review essay post and Open topic blog as necessary
Th (D) 6A: Comments and sharing of blog posts; 6B: Student Learning Teams Quarterly Reports, comments and sharing of blog posts
F (E) Last day of school
M (B) Review and plan for in-class essay on A Midsummer Night’s Dream (traditional argument)
Appeteaser:
Prompt: Why does William Shakespeare title his play A Midsummer Night's Dream? What is dreamlike about this story and its characters? What is the playwright saying about dreams?
Brainstorm: What or who is a dream, or dream-like in this play?
Thesis: Shakespeare calls the play a Midsummer Night's Dream to show ... what?
Work in groups to find evidence related to the theme of dreams as you define it.
HW: Begin locating evidence for in-class essay; update reports for student learning teams
T (C) 6A: Student Learning Teams; creating a thesis and organizing an essay
HW: Wordskills, Unit 6, pp. 70-78
W (D) 6A: Creating a thesis and organizing an essay; 6B: Student Learning Teams
HW: Study for quiz: Vocabulary, Unit 6
Th (E) Vocabulary Quiz: Unit 6
HW: Prepare for in-class essay on MND
F (F) In-class essay on MND
HW: Independent Reading
Week 10 (May 20-24)
M (A) Blogging, Round 4: Independent Reading Challenge
Prompt:
Review the independent reading you have done this year (August to May). What do the books you have read have in common? What do they tell you about the kinds of books you tend to gravitate toward? What kinds of books do you tend to stay away from?
With these things in mind, create a list of books you would like to read for the summer. In this list, include at least one book that would be a challenge for you. Say what that challenge is and how it will help you grow.
Post your completed blog on YOUR BLOG at Edublogs. Thanks!
Tags: Summer Reading, Summer Reading Challenge, reading
HW: Complete blog post on Independent Reading Challenge as needed; prepare for self-review essay (start gathering artifacts from your learning to comment on in your blog post; scan as images or photograph them for uploading)
T (B) Blogging, Round 4: Self-Review essay (Artifacts of Learning)
Prompt:
Choose three artifacts that best represent your learning in Language Arts this year. Scan or photograph the artifact, and upload it as an image for your blog post. Use your artifacts to consider how far you have come and what you have learned since last August; each artifact should act as a point of reference, a touchstone if you will, in order to describe your big learning moments. Keep in mind that leaning sometimes comes from the work you are proudest of, and sometimes it comes from your mistakes. Use this blog post to recap all you have learned and to consider your growth in Language Arts overall.
Post your completed blog on YOUR BLOG at Edublogs. Thanks!
Tags: Self-review, Artifacts of Learning, Reflection
HW: Post completed Quarterly Reports on team wiki
Guidelines for Quarterly Reports
I. Goals -- original goals, specific Q4 goals
2. Accomplishments -- brief overview of Q3 accomplishments; focus on details of Q4 accomplishments; include demonstrations, artifacts, documentation
3. Obstacles and Solutions -- list all; focus on one in detail
4. What you learned (this should be lengthy and detailed)
Include artifacts if you can! Always a good idea!
W (C) 6A: Student Learning Teams Quarterly Reports, Open topic blog; 6B: Open topic blog
HW: Complete Self-Review essay post and Open topic blog as necessary
Th (D) 6A: Comments and sharing of blog posts; 6B: Student Learning Teams Quarterly Reports, comments and sharing of blog posts
F (E) Last day of school